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LOSF #7 - 5049
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: John Brunner
Sommaire
1 - George W. BARLOW, En quête d'un auteur, pages 7 à 45, Préface
2 - D'un autre œil (Eye of the Beholder), pages 47 à 66, trad. Didier COUPAYE & Renée GIBELIN
3 - Coelacanthe (Lungfish), pages 67 à 122, trad. George W. BARLOW
4 - Puissance quatre (The Fourth Power), pages 123 à 162, trad. George W. BARLOW
5 - Faute de temps (Some Lapse of Time), pages 163 à 244, trad. George W. BARLOW
6 - Un élixir pour l'empereur (An Elixir for the Emperor), pages 245 à 274, trad. Jean BAILHACHE
7 - Une passion pour les clous (The Nail in the Middle of the Hand), pages 275 à 284, trad. Didier COUPAYE & Renée GIBELIN
8 - Le Frère d'Orphée (Orpheus's Brother), pages 285 à 298, trad. Didier COUPAYE & Renée GIBELIN
9 - La Parole est d'argent (Speech is Silver), pages 299 à 323, trad. Jean BAILHACHE
10 - Chances égales (Even Chance), pages 325 à 343, trad. George W. BARLOW
11 - Cinquième commandement (Fifth Commandment), pages 345 à 369, trad. George W. BARLOW
12 - L'Age des artères (Bloodstream), pages 371 à 399, trad. Anne VILLELAUR
13 - (non mentionné), Bibliographie de John Brunner, pages 400 à 417, Bibliographie
1 - George W. BARLOW, En quête d'un auteur, pages 7 à 45, Préface
2 - D'un autre œil (Eye of the Beholder), pages 47 à 66, trad. Didier COUPAYE & Renée GIBELIN
3 - Coelacanthe (Lungfish), pages 67 à 122, trad. George W. BARLOW
4 - Puissance quatre (The Fourth Power), pages 123 à 162, trad. George W. BARLOW
5 - Faute de temps (Some Lapse of Time), pages 163 à 244, trad. George W. BARLOW
6 - Un élixir pour l'empereur (An Elixir for the Emperor), pages 245 à 274, trad. Jean BAILHACHE
7 - Une passion pour les clous (The Nail in the Middle of the Hand), pages 275 à 284, trad. Didier COUPAYE & Renée GIBELIN
8 - Le Frère d'Orphée (Orpheus's Brother), pages 285 à 298, trad. Didier COUPAYE & Renée GIBELIN
9 - La Parole est d'argent (Speech is Silver), pages 299 à 323, trad. Jean BAILHACHE
10 - Chances égales (Even Chance), pages 325 à 343, trad. George W. BARLOW
11 - Cinquième commandement (Fifth Commandment), pages 345 à 369, trad. George W. BARLOW
12 - L'Age des artères (Bloodstream), pages 371 à 399, trad. Anne VILLELAUR
13 - (non mentionné), Bibliographie de John Brunner, pages 400 à 417, Bibliographie
- GenresScience Fiction
418 pages
First published January 1, 1979
About the author
John Brunner
540 books433 followersJohn Brunner was born in Preston Crowmarsh, near Wallingford in Oxfordshire, and went to school at St Andrew's Prep School, Pangbourne, then to Cheltenham College. He wrote his first novel, Galactic Storm, at 17, and published it under the pen-name Gill Hunt, but he did not start writing full-time until 1958. He served as an officer in the Royal Air Force from 1953 to 1955, and married Marjorie Rosamond Sauer on 12 July 1958
At the beginning of his writing career Brunner wrote conventional space opera pulp science fiction. Brunner later began to experiment with the novel form. His 1968 novel "Stand on Zanzibar" exploits the fragmented organizational style John Dos Passos invented for his USA trilogy, but updates it in terms of the theory of media popularised by Marshall McLuhan.
"The Jagged Orbit" (1969) is set in a United States dominated by weapons proliferation and interracial violence, and has 100 numbered chapters varying in length from a single syllable to several pages in length. "The Sheep Look Up" (1972) depicts ecological catastrophe in America. Brunner is credited with coining the term "worm" and predicting the emergence of computer viruses in his 1975 novel "The Shockwave Rider", in which he used the term to describe software which reproduces itself across a computer network. Together with "Stand on Zanzibar", these novels have been called the "Club of Rome Quartet", named after the Club of Rome whose 1972 report The Limits to Growth warned of the dire effects of overpopulation.
Brunner's pen names include K. H. Brunner, Gill Hunt, John Loxmith, Trevor Staines, Ellis Quick, Henry Crosstrees Jr., and Keith Woodcott.
In addition to his fiction, Brunner wrote poetry and many unpaid articles in a variety of publications, particularly fanzines, but also 13 letters to the New Scientist and an article about the educational relevance of science fiction in Physics Education. Brunner was an active member of the organisation Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and wrote the words to "The H-Bomb's Thunder", which was sung on the Aldermaston Marches.
Brunner had an uneasy relationship with British new wave writers, who often considered him too American in his settings and themes. He attempted to shift to a more mainstream readership in the early 1980s, without success. Before his death, most of his books had fallen out of print. Brunner accused publishers of a conspiracy against him, although he was difficult to deal with (his wife had handled his publishing relations before she died).[2]
Brunner's health began to decline in the 1980s and worsened with the death of his wife in 1986. He remarried, to Li Yi Tan, on 27 September 1991. He died of a heart attack in Glasgow on 25 August 1995, while attending the World Science Fiction Convention there
aka
K H Brunner, Henry Crosstrees Jr, Gill Hunt (with Dennis Hughes and E C Tubb), John Loxmith, Trevor Staines, Keith Woodcott
Winner of the ESFS Awards in 1980 as "Best Author" and 1n 1984 as "Novelist"..
At the beginning of his writing career Brunner wrote conventional space opera pulp science fiction. Brunner later began to experiment with the novel form. His 1968 novel "Stand on Zanzibar" exploits the fragmented organizational style John Dos Passos invented for his USA trilogy, but updates it in terms of the theory of media popularised by Marshall McLuhan.
"The Jagged Orbit" (1969) is set in a United States dominated by weapons proliferation and interracial violence, and has 100 numbered chapters varying in length from a single syllable to several pages in length. "The Sheep Look Up" (1972) depicts ecological catastrophe in America. Brunner is credited with coining the term "worm" and predicting the emergence of computer viruses in his 1975 novel "The Shockwave Rider", in which he used the term to describe software which reproduces itself across a computer network. Together with "Stand on Zanzibar", these novels have been called the "Club of Rome Quartet", named after the Club of Rome whose 1972 report The Limits to Growth warned of the dire effects of overpopulation.
Brunner's pen names include K. H. Brunner, Gill Hunt, John Loxmith, Trevor Staines, Ellis Quick, Henry Crosstrees Jr., and Keith Woodcott.
In addition to his fiction, Brunner wrote poetry and many unpaid articles in a variety of publications, particularly fanzines, but also 13 letters to the New Scientist and an article about the educational relevance of science fiction in Physics Education. Brunner was an active member of the organisation Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and wrote the words to "The H-Bomb's Thunder", which was sung on the Aldermaston Marches.
Brunner had an uneasy relationship with British new wave writers, who often considered him too American in his settings and themes. He attempted to shift to a more mainstream readership in the early 1980s, without success. Before his death, most of his books had fallen out of print. Brunner accused publishers of a conspiracy against him, although he was difficult to deal with (his wife had handled his publishing relations before she died).[2]
Brunner's health began to decline in the 1980s and worsened with the death of his wife in 1986. He remarried, to Li Yi Tan, on 27 September 1991. He died of a heart attack in Glasgow on 25 August 1995, while attending the World Science Fiction Convention there
aka
K H Brunner, Henry Crosstrees Jr, Gill Hunt (with Dennis Hughes and E C Tubb), John Loxmith, Trevor Staines, Keith Woodcott
Winner of the ESFS Awards in 1980 as "Best Author" and 1n 1984 as "Novelist"..
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